| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - plants |
| divisio | Magnoliophyta - flowering plants |
| class | Magnoliopsida |
| order | Nymphaeales Dumortier |
| family | Cabombaceae A. Rich. |
| genus | Cabomba Aubl. - fanwort |
| species | Cabomba caroliniana Gray - Carolina Water-shield |